Dear Parents
A very warm “Welcome
Back!” to you all. We hope that you have had a wonderful, relaxing holiday with
the children and that you have made many happy memories together.
We too, hope
to make memories of our own this year, and the teachers‟
conference on Monday was abuzz with ideas and plans for the year. 2013 is on
track and looking good!
We extend a
special welcome to our new families. We hope that it will not be long before you
are feeling relaxed and at home here.
Staff
News
Welcome back
to Mrs Fernandes who
returns after her well deserved long leave.
It is great to
have you back at school Mrs Fernandes!
We welcome the
new Nursery School staff and wish them and Mrs
Bain a wonderful first year at BeNs. The
Nursery School is looking FANTASTIC and we know that great times lie ahead for
all involved.
Mrs
Lyn Swales, our bursar, has resigned and will be
leaving us at the end of January. She has been appointed bursar at an ISASA school
in the Waterberg and is looking forward to living „in the bush‟.
Thank you for
a good five years at Beaulieu Prep, Mrs Swales. We will miss you!
The search for
a new bursar is currently underway and we shall let you know as soon as an
appointment has been made.
This term, Mrs
Kemink‟s
Mathematics and Science load will be taken on by Mrs
Gayle Roberts who has locumed for us many times in the
past. Good to have you back for another stint Mrs. Roberts!
Miss
Chené van Wyk also joins our staff as a Teacher Intern
this year whilst she completes her teaching degree at Potch University. We
appreciate the time she gives us as she learns the craft of teaching.
We have
appointed teachers to replace Mrs. Kemink, Miss Smit and Mrs
Edwards and will put these details on D6 as soon
as the contracts have been signed.
We also
welcome two new Auxiliary staff members, Mrs
Zandile Banda and Mrs
Elsie Kgoale.
Parent
Orientations
Please do take
time out to meet your child‟s class/grade teacher/s on Thursday
Evening. The teachers will explain what is expected of the children and how
parents can best support them at home.
JP Orientation
: 17:30 to 18:30
(Gr 0 – Gr 3)
Grade 0: Auditorium
Grade 1:
Computer Room
Grade 2:
Hillen Resource Centre
Grade 3:
Classroom 11 (Mrs Judge)
SP Orientation
: 19:30 to 20:30
(Gr 4 – Gr 7)
Grade 4: Media Centre
Grade 5:
Creative Centre (D and T classroom)
Grade 6:
Auditorium
Grade 7: Hall
Please join us
for the Parent Orientations AND for the PTF Elections and Cheese
and Wine from 18:40 to 19:30 (see details below).
PTF
Elections
A big thank
you to the PTF of 2012 for their efforts throughout last year. As a result, our
school will have 35 iPads for use with our smartboards as a precursor to having
iPads in the classrooms for the children in future years.
We are looking
for a few new members of the PTF for 2013.
Parents are
asked to let Mrs Hillen or
Mr Darran Ledden (PTF Chair:
082 339 5003) know if they would like to make themselves available to join the
PTF. An election will take place in the school hall from 18:40 to 19:30 this
Thursday evening. Please give us half an hour of your time after the JP Parents
Orientation, or before the SP Parents
Orientation begins. The PTF represents you – Please give them your support.
Cheese and
Wine will be available for parents during this time.
The Cheese
and Wine on Thursday will replace the PTF
Meet and Greet scheduled after the Gala on Friday
evening.
Interhouse
Gala (Grade 3 to 7 pupils)
This compulsory event takes
place on Friday, 18 January from 16:00 to about 18:00. Pupils from Grade 3 to
Grade 7 will be participating. Grade 0 to 2 pupils will
be included in a junior gala in the THIRD term.
Children must
be at school by 15:45 and will gather behind the specialist block to prepare
for the march past. The march past will take place promptly at 16:00.
All pupils
will swim in at least one race. Pupils are expected to wear regulation school
costumes and a house T-shirt. Boys and girls must also wear school swimming
caps. Children should, of course, be smeared liberally with a good sunscreen. We
look forward to our first interhouse event of the year and hope to see as many
parents as possible supporting their children and their team then.
In the event
of bad weather on the day, if you have not received an SMS, please phone the
school after 12:00 and we will let you know if the gala will go ahead. Our
tuckshop will be open during the gala.
Beaulieu
College – Matric Results
Congratulations
to our Beaulieu College Matrics of 2012 for their 100% pass rate and 100%
access to tertiary studies.
We are very
proud of them. Particular congratulations to our past pupils who did
exceptionally well (number of distinctions
given in
brackets)
Tina
Klintworth – Beaulieu College (6 distinctions)
Jamie Fensham –
Beaulieu College (4 distinctions)
Monique Black –
Beaulieu College (3 distinctions)
Sophie Foster –
Beaulieu College (3 distinctions)
Jonas
Vijverberg – Beaulieu College (2 distinctions)
Stephanie Fish
– Beaulieu College (2 distinctions)
Catherine
Keller – Beaulieu College (1 distinction)
Shawné
Anderson – Beaulieu College (1 distinction)
Mikhaila Lauth
– Beaulieu College (1 distinction)
Maja Janjic –
Beaulieu College (1 distinction)
Jonathan Cole –
Beaulieu College (1 distinction)
Wesley de
Nobrega – Beaulieu College (1 distinction)
Erin Varejes –
Beaulieu College (1 distinction)
Nicholas
Fuller – Greys College, Port Elizabeth (6 distinctions – 96% for Maths)
Dylan Fourie –
Pretoria Boys (5 distinctions)
Stephen Cant –
KES (4 distinctions – 96% for Maths)
Justin Kemink –
St Albans (2 distinctions)
Beaulieu
Access Stickers
A reminder
that the new, 2013 stickers will need to be displayed by 1 February 2013.
Vehicles not displaying these stickers by that date will be stopped at the
booms and their drivers will be asked to sign in.
Stickers are
available at a cost of R20 from the B.C.E. office which is situated at the
Papenfus entrance to Beaulieu. The office will operate between 07:30 and 14:00
from Monday to Thursday and on Fridays between 07:30 and 12:00. There are no
forms to be completed. The B.C.E. office has a list of parents‟
names and surnames and this will be used to issue stickers.
In
Conclusion
It is good to
have you all back at school. We look forward to a productive and exciting year
for the children.
I will see you
at the PTF Cheese and Wine and Election tonight!
This will take the place of the PTF Meet and Greet tomorrow night.
With warm
regards
MRS
N. HILLEN
HEADMISTRESS
